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A skid comp has been added, after the drags have finished, $15 bucks ANYONE can enter, just need a helmet and a radiator overflow bottle! (obviously most cars have these factory)

I've always notified them of cruises etc, so they leave us alone, and they have left us alone. I don't see the problem in letting them know we are just out for a cruise and not heading off somewhere to do skids.

Hell yea get the v8s onboard!!! Just heard back from the po po, looks like we're all good to go!! Here's the email... Thanks for advising Police of this cruise Tim - should be good fun. Police will be made aware of it but won't become involved I assume you have got the permission from the Target business to use their carpark, which to me sounds ideal. The route is also OK Rob Patterson Senior Sergeant O/C Christchurch South ----- Forwarded by John Pine/POLICE/NZ on 05/12/2009 14:26 ----- ORIGINAL MESSAGE: From: Tim Stewart To: Date: 02/12/2009 12:00 Subject: Multi Club Car Cruise, January 17th 2010. Hey mate how's it going? My name's Tim Stewart, I'm the South Island Events Co-Ordinator for Club-K ( the club for Toyota KP Starlets and KE series Corollas ). We are a well organised, responsible club of like minded car enthusiasts, we aren't your typical boy racers.. I wanted to email you to inform you of a Multi-club car cruise I am helping to organise with clubs like Oldschool.co.nz, NZDatsun.com, Datsun.co.nz, Datsun Owners Club, Classic Colt club, Vauxhall owners club, and a few others I can't think of right now. So far in our plans, we have decided to meet at Target carpark down Blenheim Rd, at 12 Mid-day on January the 17th (Sunday) 2010. The carpark is usually empty on Sundays so we thought this would be a good large carpark for us to meet in, before we convoy off on our cruise route. I have attached a map of our proposed cruise route. Can you please let me know your thoughts on the event? Is there any problem with our meet up spot at Target carpark? Or the cruise route? We are all responsible clubs, just out to have a good time driving, meet new people from other clubs, and chat cars without the Mrs bothering us! Cheers Tim Stewart http://www.club-k.co.nz Now I think we should inform Target..

It's all under DYO (Dial Your Own time) rules too, so it doesn't matter how slow your car may be, it comes down to reaction times!!! Don't be shy!!! Come have a crack and pick up a timeslip for bragging rights!

I'm on the PBDRC comittee that runs the drags at Ruapuna, I can probably get some email addys of hotrod clubs quite easily, I'll do that and flick them an email all about it! 427 - no worries, got an auto reply from the cop saying he's out of office till Monday, so we'll have to wait ant see..

last 3 cruises we had this year, we've had between 30 - 60 cars. The one we had back in May was close to 60 cars, the one after that, weather was shit so was only about 20 - 30.. But you never know, there's alot of cars that always show up who aren't members on the forum. I can safely say at least 20 cars for this one. as for wheatsheaf, we could try putting up a massive fluro sign outside the pub saying OLDSCHOOL CRUISE STOP or something...? We should let them know we are coming too.

I just emailed John Pine from the police to inform him of the cruise and asked if he thinks there will be any issues with the meet spot / cruise route. Will let you all know as soon as he's replied.

Club K post updated. Man this cruise is gonna be sweet!

Well.. Not much to update.. Finished mounting the engine.. Got all the materials for my 2.5" exhaust, should be welding it up tonight / this weekend, with wiring the engine to follow that.. Couple of pics.. Holes we made in the firewall for the hydraulic clutch setup.. Engine all mounted up! 2.5" piping for the zorst..

Sick!! haven't seen a galaxie out there for ages

You would be racing under "dial your own" rules with the class your car will in anyways, which gives you even with every other car competing for the street prize.. all comes down to reaction times..

STREET WARS DRAG RACING NOVEMBER 22ND Should be a good one, Street wars, don't be a nanny, come out for a blat!!! Gates open at 8am Entry closes 10am (DONT BE LATE!!) Racing starts at 12pm Racer entry $40.00 club member non club member $50.00 ________________________________ $15.00 spectator $50.00 carload of 5 Under 13 free No eftpos at the track $500 in cash prizes for street cars (Conditions Apply) DONT MISS FULL ON COMPETITION AND STREET CAR DRAG RACING ACTION

Got stuck in this weekend, got the engine sitting where it will be mounted on the crossmember. Made our measurements for the mounts, just have to tack them to the xmember and take them to get welded up by a pro.. Here's the S14 SR20DE package as it turned up. Scored a TE71 pedal box to make hydraulic clutch conversion heaps easier.. Swapped my power steering rack for a manual rack.. As you can see the silvia gearbox that came with the motor was very long, couldnt get it to fit without mounting the motor too far forward... So we went on the hunt and picked up a gearbox from an L20 Nissan motor from an R30 Skyline.. Huge difference in size.. The awesome thing is that the L20 box bolted straight up to my SR20 bellhousing... only thing we had to change was swapping one of the main shaft bearings from the silvia box on to the L20 to make it fit the bell... Ya can't do an engine swap without getting some serious meat sweats on... And this is how it's sitting at the end of the weekend.. Just another good shot of the car Mounts and hydraulic clutch conversion to be finished this week hopefully..

I bought this hardtop AE70 in November 2007 for just over a grand. I actually have two of these, One of them ive been using as the donor car, which I have pinched a couple of panels and interior bits and peices from. It sat in the garage for about 8 months after I bought it (not running) So I started to get serious about it in July and I've slowly been working away at it since then, now getting close to finishing.. Hopefully be seeing the light at the end of the tunnel very soon! Heres some piccies... The day I bought her Did alot of work before getting her to this stage in the next photos, bashed out the guards about an inch more than standard for some nice flare to get some wide wheels in there at some point.. Got rid of some rust in the bottom of the doors, and a huge chunk of rust in the right rear guard. I could put up a whole bunch of pics from the panel work progress but I wouldn't want to bore you haha. Undercoat with guide coat Engine bay... Excuse the n00b camera skills. Stace givin it some tender rubbin.. All sweet to go to the booth.. Shits getting exciting.. There are a few wee imperfections in the final paintjob, but i was kinda expecting that considering this is the first panel job ive ever done on a car.. Overall i'm f@%king wrapped with it.. Adjustable Koni kit Fitted rear bumper ( note wrong endcaps..:thumbdown: ) Just bought some brand new TRD shock inserts from trademe. Here's the struts all made up.. Also had the brake rotors skimmed. Just scored a package I couldn't refuse, a full rwd setup S14 vvt SR20DE with 5spd manual gbox, loom, everything for very, very cheap... Sold the 4AGE and K50 box I had sitting in there ready to go.. I made a "mock up" cardboard rim the other day to get measurements for my steelies, going for 15" x 8 -12 offset, fills out my flared guards perfectly..

We have used Countdown / BK carpark down Moorehouse and the carpark behind hoyts 8, they have worked out well for us in the past, any thoughts on that as a park up?? 17th January is a good date, gives us plenty of time to spread the word around.

Sup guys, I organise the Christchurch Club-K cruises.. I'm keen as beans to get this cruise going, If we do it in the middle of Summer on a nice day, I can say we would have at least 30 - 40 Toyotas from Club-K keen for it. With all of our clubs combined this could be an epic cruise...